PX157 - D1d - motional emf
- what causes the emf in a moving crossbar?

- inside the moving crossbar, there are free charges, , moving at a velocity, , across the magnetic field,
- the lorentz force on the conducting (free) charges,
- positive charges accumulate at point (top), and negative charges at point (bottom)
- charge separation leads to an electric field:
- electric field creates a force (opposite to the lorentz force):
- in a steady state, the total force is zero:
- the voltage between points and
- the induced electric field (emf) is due to moving charges, the magnetic lorentz force is called a motional emf
- emf, , is the work done per unit charge moving around a closed loop:
- the part due to the motion, , is the total motional emf around a closed loop: